"Outcast from a land you never loved. Prosecuted for a crime you never committed. False accusations, false hope and false beliefs lead you on in Novostrana. For your never ending quest to clear your name, save your love and return to that land that is rightfully yours."

Written by Rybo5000.



Novostrana aims to be a highly detailed game with a large game world where you are not funneled down one path, but given a choice. Although much is likely to change during the development process (it has already changed greatly from the original idea), the following is a plan of the kind of thing we aim to end up with:

  • Dynamic game world. No area in the game will be the same twice. We plan to include a dynamic weather system, day and night cycle, enemies sneaking up on you undetected and different NPCs each time you enter the area.
  • Large game world. The lands of Novostrana stretch from the icy mountains to the north, to the scorching deserts of the south.
  • You choose how you play the game. The game will feature three toggleable "modes" that allow the player to talk to an NPC, attack any NPC, pickpocket, steal and even commit a silent murder! The choice is yours how you complete quests.
  • Side Quests and Factions. Within the Kingdom of Novostrana are many different people and organisations who are willing to pay you to do certain services for them.
  • Epic and compelling plot. I would say more, but then that would ruin the surprise! ;)

This is quite a large project, so we can't really say when it will be released until we are closer to completion. However, we are actively working on it and you can find a previous but unfinished incarnation of the game in the downloads section. However, other than demonstrating one or two of the ideas mentioned above it may not bear any resemblance to the finished game.

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0 comments by Count_Strangle on Mar 20th, 2008 digg this super bookmark


Well, better late than never I suppose. We're restarting Novostrana almost from scratch. Although this may sound like a major setback, I don't think it is. I'm rebuilding the engine to be more focused on what it needs to do and have less of the unnecessary and framerate consuming "frills". Sofar, this has been successful with a noticeable framerate improvement and has also made the game potentially more enjoyable with the addition of features which allow the player to approach the game with different play styles, ranging a fighting character to a stealthy character.
We also have a new plot under development which looks like it could be fairly epic! :)
Additionally, we have new team members including Rybo5000 and steelx.

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Novostrana (Discontinued Version)

Novostrana (Discontinued Version)

Mar 17, 2008 Demo 2 comments

This is a version of the game that we are no longer working on (although we are still working on the project). This is for demonstration purposes only....

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haring
haring Jul 25 2008, 5:29am says:

i downloaded the first version i have to say you made great game i mostly hate games made with rpg maker xp bud i liked to play this one.

keep up the good work.

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Silverfisk
Silverfisk Dec 14 2007, 12:48pm says:

Isn't RPG maker considered an engine? I'm just assuming that's being used after looking at the screenshots.

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Count_Strangle
Count_Strangle Dec 19 2007, 9:35am replied:

It is, but as far as I'm aware it's not been put on the site yet. I don't want to add it myself because I don't know enough about adding an engine.
Also, I've modified the way the engine works quite a bit.

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Count_Strangle
Count_Strangle Jan 29 2007, 10:57am says:

Thanks! However, I have redone some of the maps which means that the two Oldgrange screenshots no-longer resemble what's in the game. I've redone the market so it is a lot bigger with lots of market stalls and I am currently in the process of turning Oldgrange West into the Commercial District of Oldgrange.
Don't worry, the graphics I'm using are still prettymuch the same, though.

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alexjustdoit
alexjustdoit Jan 28 2007, 10:10pm says:

The best 2D game i have seen so far

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Count_Strangle
Count_Strangle Jan 14 2007, 11:29am says:

No. It's a single player game.

BTW, new demo being released soon.

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White_Terran
White_Terran Jan 13 2007, 7:47pm says:

Oh nice keep up the work!

This won't be online or a MMO?

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